Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by Barney Kessel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American musician Barney Kessel.

Last updated on April 21, 2025.

Barney Kessel was an American jazz guitarist born in Muskogee, Oklahoma. Known in particular for his knowledge of chords and inversions and chord-based melodies, he was a member of many prominent jazz groups as well as a "first call" guitarist for studio, film, and television recording sessions. Kessel was a member of the group of session musicians informally known as the Wrecking Crew.

American - Musician | October 17, 1923 - May 6, 2004

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he signed his work .. you could always tell when it was Herb Ellis playing

Barney Kessel

Charlie Christians' contributions to the electric guitar are as big as Thomas Edisons' contributions to the world.

Barney Kessel

When I joined the trio, it was as if I was capable of driving a sports car at 60, but Ray Brown and Oscar Peterson just kept pressing the pedal down, and I was trying to control the car at 80!

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Playing scales is like a boxer skipping rope or punching a bag. It's not the thing in itself; it's preparatory to the activity

Barney Kessel

I'm not interested in a marketable product: I'm interested in what I know from my life experience to be standards of excellence

Barney Kessel